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Letter from Peter Elwin Wrench, Dymoke Lyster, and George Skipp, East India Company Agent and council at Bussora [Basra], to William Bowyear and John Sebastian Natter, East India Company Resident and factor at Bushire [221r] (2/2)
The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 10 Aug 1766. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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The letter expresses doubt about the Resident's fears of attack by Meer Mahanna [Mīr Muhanna] and discusses the negative consequences of keeping a cruizer at Bushire for protection, arguing that it would make it difficult to remain neutral in the disputes between the Caun [Karim Khan] and the Mīr.
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Letter from Peter Elwin Wrench, Dymoke Lyster, and George Skipp, East India Company Agent and council at Bussora [Basra], to William Bowyear and John Sebastian Natter, East India Company Resident and factor at Bushire [221r] (2/2), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 220v-221, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024196152.0x000051> [accessed 7 April 2025]
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- Letter from Peter Elwin Wrench, Dymoke Lyster, and George Skipp, East India Company Agent and council at Bussora [Basra], to William Bowyear and John Sebastian Natter, East India Company Resident and factor at Bushire
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